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Monte Verde: Human Subsistence and Mobility in Pre-Clovis Chile
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Introduction
Along the lush banks of Chinchihuapi Creek, a tributary of southern Chile’s Maullín River, lies one of the most controversial archeological sites of the twentieth century, Monte Verde, where in 1978 archaeologist Tom Dillehay and his colleagues found well-preserved human artifacts and features in association with Late Pleistocene faunal remains (fig. 1) (Dillehay 1989). Initial radiocarbon analyses of materials from the Monte Verde II cultural layer consistently dated the site to 12,500 BP. With this, Dillehay (1989) asserted that Monte Verde was occupied by humans between 12,000 and 14,000 years ago, predating what was then the earliest known Paleoindian site in the Americas at Clovis, New Mexico by some 1,000 years
Community Engagement and Decolonization within Anthropology and Academic Anthropology: Astrid Molina
No full textThere have been several movements focused on decolonizing anthropology since the 1960s (Pels 2021). Although the goal of decolonizing anthropology is not new, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to decolonize anthropology as a discipline. There are many aspects of how anthropology is taught in academia and how fieldwork is conducted that still need to be changed. It is important to prepare students starting from the beginning in introduction classes by educating them on community engagement and respectfulness towards other cultures
Mindful Movement: Contemplative Practices with Physical Activity
Get PDFOne way to view mindfulness is the ability to become fully immersed in the present moment. Mindful awareness is being able to recognize thoughts, sounds, sensations, and emotions as they occur in the here and now. Mindfulness as a movement practice originated in the Far East and has become mainstream in today’s Western culture through popular meditative exercises such as yoga, tai chi, and walking. Mindful movements are an amalgam of contemplative practices (i.e., mindfulness) coupled with low impact physical activity (i.e., movement) with the purpose of nourishing the mind and body by bringing heightened awareness to the present moment. The purpose of this article is twofold: to introduce teachers to the conceptualization of mindful movement and cover the potential benefits that stem from using these techniques in and outside of the classroom. Learning strategies to help lower stress and anxiety is a pathway toward promoting social and emotional health. Thus, teachers may find these mindful movement practices to be useful for personal or teaching purposes
Asserting Boundaries and Conflict Resolution with "A Midsummer Night’s Dream": Consent-based Practices and Shakespeare
Get PDFThis paper explores an applied theatre workshop using William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for educating university students on techniques to assert boundaries, communicate effectively, and resolve conflict. Choosing to focus on the four major relationships within A Midsummer Night’s Dream provides theatrical scenarios for students to learn about unhealthy desire, miscommunicated feelings, unrequited love, and consenting relationships. Using these predetermined scenes, a barrier is created between students’ potential personal experiences and the work they will do in this workshop to reduce the possibility of retraumatizing participants. By the end of the workshop students are expected to have the confidence and techniques to assert physical and emotional boundaries, and have the language to communicate problems and resolve conflict
More Than Just Pulling Weeds : A Case Study of Engaging Upper-Division Conservation Biology Students in Service-Learning
No full textThe field of conservation biology focuses on maintaining biodiversity by mitigating both global and local threats. One of the top threats to biodiversity is the worldwide problem of invasive species. Each community has its own pests to control, and students can engage with this global issue on a local scale through well-designed service-learning courses. This article discusses how students engaged with conservation biology through an integrated service-learning project tackling invasive species at a local nature center. Products of the class, data from class artifacts, as well as student feedback on evaluations are also presented
